They must be hurting for customers. 
@Anonymous wrote:
@Imhotrodcrazy wrote:They must be hurting for customers.
Not surprising
The continual Cash Plus hate is surprising to me. When Chase (or any other lender) increases the sign up, that's considered a great opportunity, not a sign that the issuer must be desperate.
So as part of my "Cash Plus is sort of OK" grass roots movement (membership almost 2):
1) Given: Cash + isn't as good as it used to be
a) but that's because it used to be very very very good, perhaps the best card out there for generating cash back
b) evaluate it now, not against what it used to be
2) For some, fixed selectable categories are going to be more valuable than rotating categories chosen by the issuer
3) Yes, they don't have restuarants, neither does Freedom or Discoer most of the year, or the much loved Sallie Mae for example.
4) It has $2K a quarter cap, better than $1,500 of Discover (or Freedom in cash back mode)
I encourage people to look at it and see (as a non-AF) if it can provide added value for one-off or infrequent purchases in various categories. Because you can select, you can choose electronics when you are planning to buy a computer, bookstores when you need to spend more at Amazon etc.
@longtimelurker wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Imhotrodcrazy wrote:They must be hurting for customers.
Not surprising
The continual Cash Plus hate is surprising to me. When Chase (or any other lender) increases the sign up, that's considered a great opportunity, not a sign that the issuer must be desperate.
So as part of my "Cash Plus is sort of OK" grass roots movement (membership almost 2):
1) Given: Cash + isn't as good as it used to be
a) but that's because it used to be very very very good, perhaps the best card out there for generating cash back
b) evaluate it now, not against what it used to be
2) For some, fixed selectable categories are going to be more valuable than rotating categories chosen by the issuer
3) Yes, they don't have restuarants, neither does Freedom or Discoer most of the year, or the much loved Sallie Mae for example.
4) It has $2K a quarter cap, better than $1,500 of Discover (or Freedom in cash back mode)
I encourage people to look at it and see (as a non-AF) if it can provide added value for one-off or infrequent purchases in various categories. Because you can select, you can choose electronics when you are planning to buy a computer, bookstores when you need to spend more at Amazon etc.
I don't hate the card I simply didn't see a use for it after they removed the 5% year round restaurant category. That was the only thing that made it truly appealing to me but that doesn't mean its a terrible card in general for everyone else now.
3) Yes, they don't have restuarants, neither does Freedom or Discover most of the year, or the much loved Sallie Mae for example. <<<< But this is exactly why it was so appealing to me in the first place bc it provided something my other cards did not (as far as I know no others do either at this point, Upromise does not count) and would have filled a needed benefit at a rate of 5%. Alas its gone so not worth it to me.
@Anonymous wrote:
@longtimelurker wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Imhotrodcrazy wrote:They must be hurting for customers.
Not surprising
The continual Cash Plus hate is surprising to me. When Chase (or any other lender) increases the sign up, that's considered a great opportunity, not a sign that the issuer must be desperate.
So as part of my "Cash Plus is sort of OK" grass roots movement (membership almost 2):
1) Given: Cash + isn't as good as it used to be
a) but that's because it used to be very very very good, perhaps the best card out there for generating cash back
b) evaluate it now, not against what it used to be
2) For some, fixed selectable categories are going to be more valuable than rotating categories chosen by the issuer
3) Yes, they don't have restuarants, neither does Freedom or Discoer most of the year, or the much loved Sallie Mae for example.
4) It has $2K a quarter cap, better than $1,500 of Discover (or Freedom in cash back mode)
I encourage people to look at it and see (as a non-AF) if it can provide added value for one-off or infrequent purchases in various categories. Because you can select, you can choose electronics when you are planning to buy a computer, bookstores when you need to spend more at Amazon etc.
I don't hate the card I simply didn't see a use for it after they removed the 5% year round restaurant category. That was the only thing that made it truly appealing to me but that doesn't mean its a terrible card in general for everyone else now.
3) Yes, they don't have restuarants, neither does Freedom or Discover most of the year, or the much loved Sallie Mae for example. <<<< But this is exactly why it was so appealing to me in the first place bc it provided something my other cards did not (as far as I know no others do either at this point, Upromise does not count) and would have filled a needed benefit at a rate of 5%. Alas its gone so not worth it to me.
I get that for some that was the big attraction. But my point is it might STILL have some value in other categories, even if very infrequently. Some of the categories really aren't covered much by other cards, and with no AF etc....
